Macro photo Stick insects

[hornet]

i'm sure some species would have shorter incubation periods but alot are around the 18month-2yr mark

 

[Noongato]

Ill buy some when they hatch.....

 

[imalizard]

2yrs for the eggs to hatch! Wow that must take a long time.

 

[hornet]

lol yea, easy to incubate, just a room temp and dont need to do anything special so its just a bit of waiting.

 

[collins94]

what do they eat?

 

[hornet]

various species of plants, some are specialists on one species or genus, others will eat a wide range of plants

 

[Noongato]

Any native or non poisonous leaf isnt it. Mine just eat eucalyptus leaves and sometimes rose leaves..

 

[kakariki]

I'm a sticky fan. I am trying to get Goliaths atm, without success. Hornet, I would also be interested in purchasing some from you. We are planning to get a bigger tank & hopefully keep the different kinds together. Then our little tanks can be used for scorps.

 

[Noongato]

I want a bird-eating spider again too. I miss them....

 

[James_Scott]

I used to have a few hundred of these guys myself. make great cheap pets and made a bit of money selling them to the pet shops. In fact it paid for both my snakes and their setups.
Have fun with them.

 

[Jen]

They look awesome, does anyone in WA keep them? is it legal here?

 

[Noongato]

Hey -jen, did you draw your avatar? I would guess there legal anywhere, i dont think they harm anything...

 

[Jen]

No, thats Death of Rats, from the Disc world series. WA has very strange laws regarding keeping reps and inverts, we can't keep scorps or tarantulas here.

 

[Noongato]

Ok, if thats the case with scorps n stuff there might be issues with stick bugs. Although you can buy the eggs of all sort on eBay, as much as their not supposed to sell live animals.

 

[Jen]

i just emailed calm, so i'll have a reply sometime next year

 

[hornet]

sorry jen, as far as i know its no inverts full stop in WA. Its mad how you can keep herps but not bugs.

 

[lycanthropica]

i love the plain stick ones but the leaf ones with all the bits and bobs hanging off freak me out a bit

i am very very afraid of caterpillars and centepeides though

 

[Noongato]

What does Lycanthropica mean? Is it scientific or related to werewolves?

 

[Noongato]

The only animals in the world i am afraid of are blood suckers, such as lice, leeches, ticks. Bleach there is nothing worse than them crawling all over you........

 

[lycanthropica]

i'm cool with leeches. don't like ticks at all.

a lycanthrope is a werewolf, lycanthropy was/is considered a mental illness where people think they are wolves. tho some psychologists think it is outdated and stuff
so lycanthropica is a feminine play on the words because i really like werewolves